DVD
Commentary Transcripts - "I
always thought that 1984 was about socialism and Fahrenheit 451 was
about Mccarthyism while for me this particular film was about numbness.
It's about numbness I think as brought on by over saturation
potentially from the media. It's about numbness that is brought on by
self-medication, whether it be over the counter or under the
counter...any of the ways that we have made ourselves insensible to the
environment around us."

Dreamwatch
Interview- "I was trying to create a world that
looked different from other sci-fi films, rather than another Blade
Runner clone. We couldn't afford to digitally create a world or to
build it, so we had to find it existing someplace..."

Interview @ Sci/Fi Dimensions- "...a film about the current trend
in America to regulate what people can and cannot feel had not been
done to my knowledge ....films are legal drugs, and I want to make some
of the most addictive drugs around."

Interview
with CHUD- "What I based
the Grammaton Clerics
on was sort of a cross-section of a number of the aesthetic
warriorhoods that existed throughout history like the mamluks who were
slave warriors and were often castrated, which is not to say they felt
nothing, but there were certainly some things they didn't feel..."

An
Artist's View of EQ - Interview with Steve Werblun, EQ Storyboard Artist- I just
wanted to convey to you my delight and surprise to discover that
the world was finally discovering as well as appreciating something
that I had known for years now...that "Equilibrium" is a tremendous
cinematic achievement...or as I told Kurt the night I saw it for the
very first time; "...it's an art-house, sci-fi/action masterpiece....!"

Through
the Eye of An Artist - Interview with Mark Bristol, EQ Storyboard Artist- "Kurt is very sure of
what he
wants. He has clearly thought about the shots in his head and is simply
using my talents to bring them to life. At times I would add a shot if
I thought the sequence needed another beat. I'd also suggest some new
shots from time to time - but for the most part I was simply creating
Kurt's vision."

Editing
EQ's Music - Interview with Richie Nieto- "...there was a period of heavy
editing, basically putting a puzzle together piece by piece. Some
themes jumped out right away, like the burning of the Mona Lisa and the
first showing of Libria; others took a lot of time to find a scene
where they worked."

Atlanta
ComiCon Article: 2003 -
"AtlantaCon and Chud.com teamed up to present a special screening of
"Equilibrium" and a Q&A session with writer/director, Kurt
Wimmer..."

Christian's
Crusade- While the
director oversees a rehearsal of the scene, the actor pulls up a canvas
chair. For the moment, he's wearing a sharp white suit with a high
collar, buttoned up to the neck... He looks incredibly poised, and the
suit hangs superbly. In fact, he could pass for a fashion model...

Digital Firepower(article about the CGI) - "...with
Equilibrium, we had to make thousands of decisions as to what would
make the city look real. How could we make Libria look like a
real city even at different times of the day, given that there is no
city on Earth that looks like Libria? How could we create this
city so that it felt as real as the live action?" (Special
thanks to ProziumAbuser for finding this!!)

Hidden Gems @ BoxOfficeProphets.com - "The film brings up questions of
theology and conformity and how they are affected by deep, personal
conflict while maintaining a consistent pace that allows for some very
exciting action scenes." (thanks to AgentPat!)

Equilibrium
(CHUD) - "The film
that had
the biggest impact on me regarding action would be Saturday Night
Fever..."

Empire
Article - Kung Fu: New & Improved- "I did it in my yard with two prop
guns and I just worked it out," says the director. "It's fairly
self-evident. I didn't cover nearly all the stuff I came up with..."

Ice
Cold In Berlin - "The dark
sides of Berlin especially attract Hollywood. The city hosts a society
of emotionless zombies in the Sci-Fi-Thriller Equillibrium..."

Christian Bails on His Feelings - "Christian Bale has spent the past
five hours blowing away the same nine people, over and over again.
"Repetition," he sighs, "seems to be my job..."

Production Notes - "There are some
really amazing choreographed action sequences in the film," Bale points
out, "and I wanted to be ready..."

A World Without Feelings- "I had sort of spent 10 years
thinking that the world was founded and held together by ideas. I
realized again pretty fortunately that, in fact, the world was held
together by emotions..."

The Stax Report: Script Review of Librium - "Like a junkie who is detoxifying,
Preston is overwhelmed by a rush of sensations; for perhaps the first
time in his life, John is experiencing true emotion and he seems to
like it..."